The Arizona sentinel., 1887-09-24
LOCAL NOTES.

Eou. Sam. Purdy is home again from his trip up the Gila.
 Prof. Mock and family left Thursday morning bv steamer for Parker.
 The steamer departed Thursday morning with full cargo for up-river points.
 Hon. Chas. Baker came down Sunday from his ranch at Tacna and returned Mon- day.
 Judge H. N Alexander and wife of Phoenix, were in town Thursday and Fri day this week.
 Mir. Geo. Winchester, an old-time resident of Yuma, has returned from a two or three months sojourn in Phoenix.
 Dr. Shibley arrived home last week from his summer vacation which he spent among relatives and friends at Cotton.
 Mir, Richard Marable, formerly one of the guards at the prison, was in town this week greeting his hosts of friends.
 Our friend D. Mcintyre is happy. His family arrived Wednesday evening from two or three months visit to Los Angeles.
 Mir. Walter Millar came down from Nor tons Tuesday. Not only one, but scores of Yuma people are always glad to welcome Walters visits.
 Bert and Mil Harwood came down Tues day from the camp at the head of the Colo rado and Gila canal and started on their return the same day.
 Mir. Chas. Lee was down this week from Antelope. He says work on the Antelope equal is progressing rapidly. It will be completed in a month or six weeks.
 Mir. Harry Neahr has returned from a visit to Neahr's springs-Agua Caliente. Harry says the farmers in tbat section are busy clearing land, blowing and sowing.
 The Hon. Ben Goodrich has been appoint ed and has accepted the position of attorney for the Southern Pacific railroad. His province includes the section from Deming to Yuma.
 Our express agent, Mir. o. F. Townsend, arrived home safsly on Wednesday morn- ing fro::;, .:, San San francisco. He was detained several days by the washouts on the Cali fornia desert.
 Col Norton left Thursday morning by steamer on another surveying expedition up the Colorado. He goes to complete the sur vey of canal line opposite Ehrenberg for Juan Noriega.
 Judge A. D. Crawford arrived in Yuma Tuesday from Silent of which place he is pioneer. He comes to make Yuma his home and his numerous friends here give him cordial welcome.
 Mir. T. D. Macleod came down on Sat urday from Silver District, and he is now here getting ready for the boom that will ere long overtake Yuma and her incompar able surrounding country.
 Mir Robt. McPherson passed through on Thursday morning en route to Los Angeles. He has been on visit to New Orleans and St. Louis, and says there is a great deal of talk and inquiry concerning Arizona.
 The seventeenth anniversary of the evac- nation of Rome by the French troops and the occupation thereof by the Italian army, was appropriately and enthusiastically cele- brated by our citizens of Italian nativity, on Tuesday of this week.
 Messrs. Frank Avila and c. B. Waggy came down Tuesday from their ranches on the Gila. Their canal enterprise is pro- gressing in a most satisfactory manner and when completed will add thousands co the wealth of this county.
 Mr. Casaras. brother of Mrs. Levy, has accepted the position in Mr. Gandolfo's store, made vacant by the resignation of Louis Jaeger. MT Casaras is an old resident of Yuma and numbers his friends by the score.
 A short-lived, go-as-you-can isticuff, took place on the street Monday between two strangers. They came from Phoenix, they said, and we suppose they were simply giving us an example of the effects of the boom up in the garden city.
 Prof. Garrett being unable to be present at the opening of our school, and the trus- tees, finding that one teacher would be sufficient, accepted payment of his expenses and cancelled his engagement. The Prof. holds first-class testimonials as successful and popular teacher.
 Mir. Neece, of Santa Ana, California, visited this county during the past week He owns some valuable land on the Gila near Aztec and during his late visit made other purchases. He is very highly pleased with the fine soil and promising future of Yuma county.
 Dr. Robberson, one of the progressive residents of Antelope valley was in town Thursday. The Dr. came to Arizona origi- nally for health, and having secured fair amount of that abundant Arizona commod- ity, has secured bonanza in the shape of broad acres of rich and fertile land.
 The people of Phepix have lately had an of ascertaining just what talent